The people in the area had—and, indeed, still have—to overcome many income, housing, education and other problems and very often dental care was put further down the list of priorities than perhaps you or I might think it should have been.10:30 In a middle-class area, of course people will go to their dentists, keep their dental appointments and keep their registrations up to date, but that is not necessarily the case in areas such as that in which I worked.